1970-1971 Chicago Bulls: 51-31 .622
Previous Season Next Season Home record: 30-11 (4556 points scored, 4167 allowed) Road record: 17-19 (3937 points scored, 3938 allowed) Other sites: 4-1 (577 points scored, 535 allowed) Head Coach: Dick Motta 9070 points scored (12th of 17 teams), 8640 points allowed (2nd) NBA Averages: 112.4 points/game (9218.0 points/team) Team Roster: Player Hgt Wgt Age School Johnny Baum 6'5 200 24 Temple Tom Boerwinkle 7'0 265 25 Tennessee Jimmy Collins 6'2 175 24 New Mexico State Jim Fox 6'10 230 27 South Carolina Matt Guokas 6'5 175 26 St. Joseph's Shaler Halimon 6'5 199 25 Utah State A.W. Holt 6'7 210 24 Jackson State Jim King 6'2 175 29 Tulsa Bob Love 6'8 215 28 Southern Paul Ruffner 6'10 225 22 Brigham Young Jerry Sloan 6'5 195 28 Evansville Chet Walker 6'6 212 30 Bradley Bob Weiss 6'2 180 28 Penn State Team Stats: Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG F Bob Love 81 3482 765 1710 0 0 513 619 0 0 690 185 0 0 0 259 2043 25.2 F Chet Walker 81 2927 650 1398 0 0 480 559 0 0 588 179 0 0 0 187 1780 22.0 G Jerry Sloan 80 3140 592 1342 0 0 278 389 0 0 701 281 0 0 0 289 1462 18.3 C Tom Boerwinkle 82 2370 357 736 0 0 168 232 0 0 1133 397 0 0 0 275 882 10.8 C Jim Fox 82 1628 280 611 0 0 239 321 0 0 598 196 0 0 0 213 799 9.7 G Bob Weiss 82 2237 278 659 0 0 226 269 0 0 189 387 0 0 0 216 782 9.5 G Matt Guokas 78 2208 206 418 0 0 101 138 0 0 157 342 0 0 0 189 513 6.6 F Johnny Baum 62 543 123 293 0 0 40 58 0 0 125 31 0 0 0 55 286 4.6 G Jim King 55 645 100 228 0 0 64 79 0 0 68 78 0 0 0 55 264 4.8 G Jimmy Collins 55 478 92 214 0 0 35 45 0 0 54 60 0 0 0 43 219 4.0 C Paul Ruffner 10 60 15 35 0 0 4 8 0 0 16 2 0 0 0 10 34 3.4 F A.W. Holt 6 14 1 8 0 0 2 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.7 G Shaler Halimon 2 23 1 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 5 2 1.0
1970 Draft:
NBA ABA
Rnd Ovr Player Games Games School
1 11 Jimmy Collins 74 New Mexico State
2 28 Paul Ruffner 52 81 Brigham Young
3 45 Lou Herndon Jackson State
4 57 John Davis Alabama State [pick acquired from SEA]
4 62 Jimmy Wilson 6 Cheyney State
5 79 George Johnson 904 Dillard
6 96 Lonnie Kluttz 3 North Carolina A&T
7 113 Lou West Seattle
8 130 Mike Casey Kentucky
9 147 Glen Johnson Jackson State
10 164 Dale Blaut West Texas State
11 179 Doug Howard Brigham Young
12 191 Booker Brown Middle Tennessee State
13 201 Charles Bloodworth NW Louisiana
14 211 Paul Funkhouser McKendress
15 220 Paul Otay Boise State
Traded draft picks:
Playoff Results:
Date Opponent Result
Western Semifinals
03/24/1971 at Los Angeles Lakers L 99-100
03/26/1971 at Los Angeles Lakers L 95-105
03/28/1971 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 106-98
03/30/1971 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 112-102
04/01/1971 at Los Angeles Lakers L 89-115
04/04/1971 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 113-99
04/06/1971 at Los Angeles Lakers L 98-109
Playoff Stats:
Pos Player GP Mins FGM FGA 3PM 3PA FTM FTA ORB DRB REB ASS STL BLK TO PF PTS PPG
F Bob Love 7 330 79 161 29 36 51 10 26 187 26.7
G Jerry Sloan 7 284 51 117 17 23 63 17 25 119 17.0
G Bob Weiss 7 250 42 92 26 30 18 57 19 110 15.7
F Chet Walker 7 234 44 100 17 24 50 22 20 105 15.0
C Jim Fox 7 167 33 76 13 19 66 17 17 79 11.3
G Jim King 7 147 19 45 8 12 21 27 25 46 6.6
C Tom Boerwinkle 7 169 19 41 5 7 67 31 17 43 6.1
G Matt Guokas 6 83 8 14 4 5 8 12 8 20 3.3
G Jimmy Collins 2 8 0 1 3 3 1 0 1 3 1.5
C Paul Ruffner 1 3 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0.0
F Johnny Baum 2 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0.0
Regular Season Game Log:
Date Opponent Result Record 10/13/1970 vs San Diego Rockets W 111-96 1-0 10/14/1970 at Philadelphia 76ers L 107-110 1-1 10/16/1970 vs Los Angeles Lakers L 102-106 1-2 10/17/1970 at New York Knicks W 99-96 2-2 10/25/1970 at Portland Trail Blazers W 131-116 3-2 10/28/1970 at Phoenix Suns W 118-105 4-2 10/30/1970 at San Francisco Warriors W 101-98 5-2 10/31/1970 at Seattle Supersonics L 119-122 5-3 11/03/1970 vs Seattle Supersonics W 113-101 6-3 11/06/1970 vs Phoenix Suns L 102-105 6-4 11/07/1970 vs Detroit Pistons W 125-99 7-4 11/10/1970 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 118-96 8-4 11/13/1970 vs New York Knicks L 98-106 8-5 11/14/1970 at Atlanta Hawks W 120-116 9-5 11/17/1970 vs San Francisco Warriors L 105-111 9-6 11/18/1970 at Cincinnati Royals W 128-107 10-6 11/21/1970 vs Boston Celtics W 110-107 11-6 11/24/1970 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 108-117 11-7 11/27/1970 vs Buffalo Braves W 121-104 12-7 11/28/1970 at Baltimore Bullets L 91-99 12-8 12/01/1970 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 107-91 13-8 12/03/1970 at Milwaukee Bucks L 100-107 13-9 12/04/1970 at Detroit Pistons L 103-107 13-10 12/05/1970 vs Boston Celtics L 97-101 13-11 12/08/1970 vs San Francisco Warriors W 98-87 14-11 12/10/1970 at Buffalo Braves W 138-120 15-11 12/11/1970 vs Atlanta Hawks W 87-86 16-11 12/12/1970 vs San Diego Rockets W 103-98 17-11 12/15/1970 vs Baltimore Bullets W 115-97 18-11 12/18/1970 vs Cincinnati Royals W 137-122 19-11 12/19/1970 at New York Knicks L 87-98 19-12 12/20/1970 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 116-103 20-12 12/22/1970 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 121-80 21-12 12/23/1970 at Buffalo Braves W 104-103 22-12 12/25/1970 at Baltimore Bullets L 112-128 22-13 12/26/1970 vs Detroit Pistons L 114-117 22-14 12/27/1970 at San Diego Rockets W 110-101 23-14 12/29/1970 at Los Angeles Lakers L 117-126 23-15 12/30/1970 at Seattle Supersonics L 109-128 23-16 01/02/1971 at Portland Trail Blazers W 136-113 24-16 01/05/1971 vs San Diego Rockets W 116-103 25-16 01/06/1971 at Milwaukee Bucks L 106-119 25-17 | Date Opponent Result Record 01/08/1971 vs Portland Trail Blazers L 105-113 25-18 01/10/1971 vs Buffalo Braves W 141-113 26-18 01/14/1971 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 108-103 27-18 01/15/1971 at Philadelphia 76ers L 96-99 27-19 01/16/1971 vs Milwaukee Bucks L 90-110 27-20 01/19/1971 vs Portland Trail Blazers W 123-111 28-20 01/20/1971 vs New York Knicks W 109-103 29-20 01/23/1971 at San Francisco Warriors W 87-83 30-20 01/24/1971 at Phoenix Suns L 112-113 30-21 01/26/1971 at Los Angeles Lakers L 111-136 30-22 01/27/1971 at San Diego Rockets W 111-106 31-22 01/31/1971 vs Cincinnati Royals W 131-99 32-22 02/02/1971 vs Seattle Supersonics W 118-101 33-22 02/03/1971 at Baltimore Bullets W 124-102 34-22 02/05/1971 vs Philadelphia 76ers W 114-102 35-22 02/06/1971 at New York Knicks W 109-102 36-22 02/07/1971 at Boston Celtics L 96-104 36-23 02/09/1971 vs Boston Celtics L 88-90 36-24 02/12/1971 vs Los Angeles Lakers W 107-88 37-24 02/13/1971 at Milwaukee Bucks L 96-103 37-25 02/14/1971 vs Cleveland Cavaliers W 108-83 38-25 02/16/1971 vs Atlanta Hawks W 118-102 39-25 02/17/1971 at Cleveland Cavaliers W 109-104 40-25 02/19/1971 vs Detroit Pistons W 115-114 41-25 02/21/1971 at Detroit Pistons W 125-112 42-25 02/27/1971 at Seattle Supersonics W 129-114 43-25 03/01/1971 at Cincinnati Royals W 98-94 44-25 03/03/1971 at Phoenix Suns L 90-115 44-26 03/05/1971 at San Francisco Warriors W 130-103 45-26 03/06/1971 at San Diego Rockets W 105-99 46-26 03/07/1971 at Los Angeles Lakers L 108-117 46-27 03/09/1971 vs Milwaukee Bucks W 110-103 47-27 03/12/1971 vs Phoenix Suns W 116-92 48-27 03/13/1971 vs Phoenix Suns W 111-99 49-27 03/14/1971 at Boston Celtics L 104-117 49-28 03/16/1971 vs Baltimore Bullets W 113-99 50-28 03/18/1971 vs San Francisco Warriors L 85-91 50-29 03/19/1971 at Atlanta Hawks L 111-112 50-30 03/20/1971 vs Atlanta Hawks W 138-121 51-30 03/21/1971 at Detroit Pistons L 111-116 51-31 |